Congleton had a reputation for bearbaiting and went to some lengths to protect it, sending messengers to Knutsford and Bunbury to ensure that the bearwards got to the Congleton bearbait (see pp 639, 653).

The novel's sexual/textual intercourse revises the phallic economy Brown posits, not only in plotting polymorphous sexual possibilities for its nonphallic picaro.

With Broad-arrow, or But, or Prick, or Rouing Shaft, At Markes full fortie score, they vs'd to Prick, and Roue.

As we now know, the evening star is the morning star.